About the Project
Intaglio is founded by former New York Times and TechCrunch journalist John Biggs. Together with TechCrunch journalist Jay Donovan, AI expert Viktor Shpak, and entrepreneur Alexandra Matthiesen, the team created the project to help protect the true, human-created content.
John Biggs
John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for the New York Times, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. He is the co-founder of the Media Copilot, an agency dedicated to helping marketers, writers, and journalists use AI sanely. He has written nine books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette's Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Alexandra Matthiesen
Alexandra brings over 15 years of marketing experience to Intaglio, having supported marketing initiatives for some of the industry's most impactful technology companies. She holds board positions with CyberUp, Hepatitis Education Project, and Women of the Channel. Alexandra believes everyone has a right to a voice in the advancement of technology.
Jay Donovan
Jay spent 20 years in various design, strategy, technology, and product management roles for several Fortune 500 companies and digital creative agencies. A veteran of corporations like Alliance Data and Synchrony and of agencies like IBM iX and ResourceAmmirati, he keeps the engines at Visible Magic running smoothly and keeps client relations fruitful and communications meaningful.
Viktor Shpak
Viktor is a skilled coder and leader and is experienced with blockchain architecture, crypto-currencies, product management, start-up culture, agile methodologies, software architecture and design.